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Resolution to Approve Construction Contract Change Order No. 2 with RAM Construction Services of Michigan, Inc. for the Water Treatment Plant 2018 Architectural and Structural Repairs Project - ITB No. 4553 ($746,275.00)
Memorandum
This memorandum and resolution requests approval to award Contract Change Order No. 2 to RAM Construction Services of Michigan, Inc. (RAM) for the 2018 Architectural and Structural Repairs - ITB No. 4553 ($746,275.00).
Change Order No. 2 will add scope to the Contract that was originally part of the Invitation to Bid (ITB) documents, but not originally included due to concerns that the project would exceed the budget available at the time of award. Change Order No. 1 documented additional scope that RAM was able to complete utilizing unused funds from unit price repairs, as well as approved contingency from the original Council contract authorization (R-19-028).
The Water Treatment Services Unit (WTSU) maintains approximately 20 different building envelopes and roofing systems throughout the City including the Water Treatment Plant (WTP), two hydroelectric dam powerhouses, and 5 remote pump stations. The building envelopes and roofing systems are all different vintages and found to exist in various conditions ranging from very poor to satisfactory based on a 2017 evaluation.
In 2018, the WTSU issued ITB documents for necessary repairs to the WTP and outstations, separated into nine (9) separate Base Bids in order to provide flexibility in awarding based on priority and availability of funds. As part of Resolution R-19-028, the City awarded Base Bid No. 1 to complete high priority roofing and masonry repairs at the WTP and Base Bid No. 5 to complete high priority repairs at Barton Pump Station. The Base Bids that were not awarded were to be programmed in the City's Capital Improvements Plan as future phases.
As the construction phase of Base Bids 1 and 5 nears completion, RAM has proficiently completed much of the base ...
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